Head of Quality & HSE

Voith GmbH Group; East York (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Voith US Inc. seeks a Head of Quality & HSE to lead regional strategies ensuring regulatory compliance, ISO certifications, and continuous improvement across multiple sites in the region.

You will manage audits, risk assessments, and KPI-driven reporting while steering teams toward operational excellence and safe, sustainable practices under VH/VHZ governance.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent; several years of leadership experience in Quality/HSE.
• Auditor qualifications (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, ISO 19011).
• Strong knowledge of regulations, standards, and operational best practices.
• Competence in Lean Management, risk assessment, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with SAP, SharePoint, MS Office, and HSE tools.
• Strong communication, leadership, analytical, and customer-focused mindset.
• Fluent English; willingness to travel (30-50%).

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain regional Quality & HSE strategies aligned with VH/VHZ governance.
• Ensure fulfillment of relevant regulatory, legal, and ISO standards (9001, 14001, 45001).
• Lead and develop regional Quality & HSE teams, ensuring capability and adequate staffing.
• Maintain and enhance BMS processes, instructions, and KPIs.
• Plan and execute internal and external Quality & HSE audits, including follow-up actions.
• Lead preventive and corrective actions, incident investigations, and root-cause analyses.
• Manage customer quality feedback and oversee hazardous material and environmental risks.
• Deploy and monitor Quality & HSE KPIs; prepare the annual management review.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (OPEX/EPEX) and standardize best practices.
• Provide reporting and ensure alignment with global Quality & HSE functions.
• Full empowerment over regional Quality & HSE program implementation and improvements.
• Authority to block or reject non‑compliant suppliers, processes, or components.
• Power to assign tasks and initiate problem‑solving activities based on data analysis.
• Functional leadership over regional Quality & HSE teams.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Regulatory knowledge

English fluency

Communication

Analytics

Travel willingness

SAP

SharePoint

MS Office

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Auditor qualifications (ISO 9001/14001/45001)

Tools

HSE tools

Job description

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of 4.8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Head of Quality & HSE

York, PA

Summary

The Regional Quality & HSE Leader is responsible for deploying and maintaining quality, health, safety, and environmental strategies across the region in alignment with global governance and operational standards. This role ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and ISO standards while leading regional Quality & HSE teams to drive operational excellence, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement. The position oversees audits, incident investigations, and corrective actions, manages customer quality feedback and environmental risks, and monitors key performance indicators to support data-driven decision making. By partnering with global functions and regional operations, the role strengthens business management systems, standardizes best practices, and fosters a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain regional Quality & HSE strategies aligned with VH/VHZ governance.
• Ensure fulfillment of relevant regulatory, legal, and ISO standards (9001, 14001, 45001).
• Lead and develop regional Quality & HSE teams, ensuring capability and adequate staffing.
• Maintain and enhance BMS processes, instructions, and KPIs.
• Plan and execute internal and external Quality & HSE audits, including follow-up actions.
• Lead preventive and corrective actions, incident investigations, and root-cause analyses.
• Manage customer quality feedback and oversee hazardous material and environmental risks.
• Deploy and monitor Quality & HSE KPIs; prepare the annual management review.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives (OPEX/EPEX) and standardize best practices.
• Provide reporting and ensure alignment with global Quality & HSE functions.
• Full empowerment over regional Quality & HSE program implementation and improvements.
• Authority to block or reject non‑compliant suppliers, processes, or components.
• Power to assign tasks and initiate problem‑solving activities based on data analysis.
• Functional leadership over regional Quality & HSE teams.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent; several years of leadership experience in Quality/HSE.
• Auditor qualifications (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, ISO 19011).
• Strong knowledge of regulations, standards, and operational best practices.
• Competence in Lean Management, risk assessment, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with SAP, SharePoint, MS Office, and HSE tools.
• Strong communication, leadership, analytical, and customer-focused mindset.
• Fluent English; willingness to travel (30-50%).

Physical Demands

Employees in this position are regularly required to walk, stand and use hands to finger, handle or feel. They are frequently required to reach with hands and arms. They are often required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employees are required to talk and hear in an industrial setting (noise level can be high at times) and regularly required to lift 10 pounds and occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.

* This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.